Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28734, Eldert Fonda, New York

SERVICE
New York
Fonda, Eldert or Eldred
NUMBER
S 28734
CONTENTS

Albany 31.166
Eldred Fonda
Montgomery Co. in the State of N. York was a Sergt. Private in the company commanded Captain Brown of the Regt. commanded Col. Yates in the N. York for 2 months Pr. 6.66 4 " 24 days Lieut. 64. " "
$70.66
scribed on the Roll of Albany the rate of 70 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of July 1837 and sent to Hon. Mr. J. Boice, Amsterdam
ears to the 4th of March '36. 424.00 as-ant. allowance ending 4. Sep. 35.33
$459.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
recorded by D. Brown Clerk, E. 2 Vol. 4 — Page 23

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th March 1838 to 4 th March 1839. Age notified 3 June 1839.
by by line.
Fns at 11 10 00
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State of New York
Montgomery County 3/4. On the nineteenth day of September personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County now sitting Edward Fonda a resident of Mayfield in the County of Montgomery and State of New York aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he served during the revolutionary war in the town of Hoosick in the State of New York and in the vicinity of the Country and in the Country where the British and Indians were frequently making incursions plundering and killing the inhabitants. That he volunteered for two months about the first of June 1777. That he went into said service as soon as he volunteered and went to Fort Edward where he remained till just before Bennington Battle when he was discharged. That he served two months at this time. Elyah Russell was Captain Joseph Gifford first Lieutenant Thomas Brown second Lieutenant & first Van Riper Ensign of the company in which he served John Mckerbaker was Colonel and Daniel Brant Lieutenant Colonel of Regiment. Brant Van Riper was Major. Does not recollect names of other officers. August the 6 1778 was commissioned a second Lieutenant. Soon after he was commissioned about the first of September went out for three months as a volunteer went to Fort Edward where he remained till about the first of December following. Was out at this time three months. Thomas Brown was Captain Jacob Van Riper & this department was first & second Lieutenant of the company & Cornelius Biddle Ensign. Colonel Peter
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Notes Lieut. Col. John Van Rensselaer & Major John W. Grosbeck Commanded Regiment. did not serve as he recollects with Continental regiments. That in the year 1779 he was out in said service most of the time from the Month of April till the Month of November. That he went for four weeks at a time was then home a few days and then out again for two or three weeks he cannot till the exact periods that he was in said service or the actual time he went into said service and related that he went as a volunteer stand as long as was supposed absolutely necessary then would return home for a few days holding himself in constant readiness to be into said service at a moments warning. That he served this year between the periods aforesaid by being in actual service four months. That he was in the same Company and under the same Officers That he was in & served under in the year 1778. That in the year 1780 he again volunteered and turned out in said service in the Month of May as he thinks, that he continued in said service till the Month of October with the exception of being home occasionally The Officers were the same in 1780. In 1781 he again went into said service in the Spring of the year he cannot exactly say what time and was out till the fall of the year some time in November. That during this year he was sometimes at home - but was in said service most of the time - In the year 1782 he was in said service for about two months in the summer That the Officers under which & with whom he served were the same during all the periods aforesaid from 1778 till 1782 to the best of his recollection and That he did serve as the said Second Lieutenant. That when he was requested to go into said service he volunteered & continued as long as was necessary excepting the times

that he volunteered during the time that he served as aforesaid he was at Lake George at Fort Edward, at Granville at Still Water and at other places as was necessary. all which places were within or but little over a days march from his place of residence That during his said services he knew General Schuyler General Robert Pat Rensselaer besides the general officers aforesaid mentioned. That he was born April the 8 th 1757 in Pskayunk in the County of Schenectady & State of New York. That John Ballantine has a record of his age in a bible that belonged to his father. That he has no record other than the one aforesaid. That he lived in the said Town of Boosick in the State of New York when called into service. Has lived in Boosick since the revolutionary war till about twelve years ago when he moved from the said Town of Boosick to Mayfield where he now resides. That he did not serve with any State or Continental regiment in particular. That Louis Van Wort commanded a re- giment of militia which lay part of the time near the regiment or some part of it in which he was That he volunteered into said service when it was deemed necessary. Never received a discharges. Has received a pension signed by George Clinton and that he now has it in his possession. That he is known in his neighborhood to the Reverend Jeremiah Wood and
who can testify to his character for veracity and to their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That he has no documentary evidence of his service.
Sworn to & subscribed the 19th September 1832, in open board
Geo: P. Ferguson: clerk
Elizabeth Ballantine
We the undersigned a clergyman residing in the town of Mayfield aforesaid and John Ballantine residing in the same place

hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eldred Zonder who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution - than and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court Sept.  19 th 1832.
Jeremiah Wood, John Wallenback
Geo: D. Ferguson. clerk.
Sworn

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Eldred Fonda Montgomery Co. New York
Admitted J Private - 2 mo Lieut - 4 " 24 days Sept 7. 6. 24
e - March 25. '31
Hon Mr J. Borce Amsterdam N.Y.
Hon C. McVey Amsterdam N.Y.
George D. Ferguson
Johnstown N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Eldred Londa Montgomery  Ms. A. 9. 2. 1
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol June 1777 ✓ 2 pr. Capt Bub ell Col Nick erbecker 81 Hooseck N. York Traditional   Aug 1778 3 Lieut Capt Brown Col Yates N.Y. Living Witness   April 1779 x 4 " " "   May 1780 5 " " "   1781 4 " " "   1782 2 " " "   1 4*   1779    $20. 82 in Vol 8. p 63 - 1779 ensign 11. 00 " " 64 - 1780 do 5. 09 " " I am, respectfully, Lieut 11. 00 " " 1781 do Your obedient servant, M to 47. 91 - 1 1/24 days
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
* 2 months a private 1 year 6 months a Lieut (mistake in adding - )

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
R. Newman

2nd Lt Eldert Fonda
FONDA, ELDERT (N.Y.) 5-28734

FONDA, ELDERT (N.Y.) 5-28734
Scott & Fowles

28734
The People of the State of New York By the Grace of God, FREE and INDEPENDENT To Eldert Fonda Gent n Greeting
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Con- -duct and Loyalty, as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service. Have Appointed and constituted, and by these Presents DO Appoint and Constitut- you the said Eldert Fonda Second Lieutenant of Captain Thomas Brown's Com- -pany in the County of Albany, in the Regiment whereof Peter Yates Esquire, is Colonel YOU are therefore, to take the said Company into your charge and care as Second Lieutenant thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Company in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Second Lieutenant and you are also to Observe and follow such Orders and Directions, as you shall from time to time receive from our General and Commander in chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your Superior Officer, Ac- -cording to the Rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; and for so doing this shall be Your Commission, for and during our good pleasure, to be Signified by our Council of appointment. In Testimony whereof, we have caused our Seal for Military Commissions to be hereunto Affixed. Witness our Trusty and well beloved George Clinton Esquire, our Governor of our State of New York, General and Commander in chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the same, by and with the Advice and Consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Poughkeepsie the Twenty second day of June in the Second year of our Independence, and in the year of our Lord, one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight
Passed the Secretarys Office Aug: 6 th 1778 By His Excellency's Command.
Wm. D. Vanclief Secretary
Geo. Clinton

28 734 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28, 734
Eldred Honda
Lieut Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York Levoy
susp c
Eldred Fonda
let to Hon B. Mc
Lean June 20 1834
let to M. Westm Aug 26
1834
M. Bove - Apr 21. 1837
Act 1 June '32

Hon M. J. Poore 21 April 1837
OC
144

War Department Pension Office Apr 21 1837
Sir The papers of Eliza Fonda whose case is referred to in your letter of the 17 th inst have again been examined; The claimant states in her  that in her declaration that she served two months as a private in Capt. Rulfs Company in 1777, three months as a 2 d Lieut in Capt Thomas Brown Company in 1778, four months in 1779, five months in 1780 four months in 1781 & 2 months in 1782; These long terms of service were objected to as being wholly inconsistent with that of the Militia of the period referred to and the case suspended for explanation - Since then the rolls of Capt. Thomas Brown have been obtained from Albany By the rolls of this Company it appears that all the service rendered by the claimant from the commencement of 1779 up to the year 1782 was

one month & twenty four days, instead of fifteen thirteen months as alleged - To sustain this claim it must be satisfactorily shown by a credible witness that the claimant served at least four months and six days previous to the year 1779
Hon M. J. Bovee Amsterdam New York

State of New York
Ulster County ss. Jacob Fonda being duly sworn saith that he was once in the Revolutionary war in a Company commanded by Thomas Brown & Eldred Fonda as second Lieutenant. That he was out at various times as much as fifteen months or more as the defendant believes when the said Eldred acted as second Lieutenant of said Company. And for a more particular account of the time that he was in said service he refers, to his Statement of facts sent to the War Office to that he was in the service of the United States in 1778. as much as two months or more in 1779 3 or 4 months in 1780 3 or 4 months in 81 as much as 3 or 4 months and in eighty two two months. all of which time he was in the Company commanded by the said Eldred Fonda as 2 d Lieutenant. That he was with the said Eldred at Fort Edward and its vicinity Fort Gage Salem White Creek and other places. in defending the Country from the incursions of the Enemy. That he cannot tell all the places he was at as the Company to which he belonged was detached for special purposes from the main body and that sometimes the Company was not together for some time but he has no doubt but what my and  the said Eldred was actively engaged as commanding Com- pany as second Lieutenant for he was with him most of time and all the time excepting when a portion might have been detached to which he belonged in the said Eldred commanded. That the business of said Company was to guard the posts and Country & prevent small parties from plundering & killing the inhabitants
Jacob Fonda
Sworn
Sworn to & subscribed in open court 19th Sept. 1832.
Geo: L. Ferguson Clerk

State of New York Montgomery County E. J. Abraham Zonda being duly sworn saith that during the revolutionary war he was a volunteer in the service of the United States. That he volunteered or turn out as he was requested & ordered. So to do and because the country in which he then was could not be protected without many a most of the Militia stafforded being at the Fts, & other places guarding it. That in the year 1777 he was out one month. In the year 1778 about 4 months and about the same length of time in 1779. In the year 1780 he was actually out 4 or 5 months. In 1781 he was out three months. In 1782 was out about two months. That during all this time he was in the said service of the United States. Eldred Zonda was a second lieutenant of the company to which he belongs. That the said Eldred actually done duty in said company the whole time aforesaid & except some occasionally absent in some of the years and perhaps every year. That the said company was engaged in defending the frontier from the Canadian British & Indians at Fort Edward Fort George Salem White Creek Palmarston & perhaps other places.
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court
Sept. 19th. 1832
Geo: D. Ferguson, clk.
Abraham Zonda

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jeremiah Wood, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, residing in the town of Grafton field in Montgomery County, & that John Hallenbeck, who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, George D. Ferguson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Eldred Fonda for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 19th day of September 1822.
Geo: D. Ferguson.
State of New York Montgomery County Clerk's office, ss. I, George D. Ferguson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, do hereby certify, that at the September term of the said Court before the judges thereof in Open Court appeared said Eldred Fonda & Abraham Fonda & subscribed and sworn to the annexed affidavits to which their names appear subscribed: And the said Court have directed me to hereby do as the Clerk of said Court certify to the War Department that in the opinion of said Court the said Abraham Fonda & Eldred Fonda are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 2 o . July 1832. Geo: D. Ferguson
20300
Eldred Fonda
July 1832

State of New York Montgomery County E. p. Abraham Zoude being duly sworn saith that during the revolutionary war he was a colonel in the service of the United States. That he volunteered or turn out but he was requested & ordered so to do and because the country in which he then was could not be protected without many a most of the Milicia stationed being at the Forts & other places guarding it. That in the year 1777 he was out one month. In the year 1778 about 4 months and about the same length of time in 1779. In the year 1780 he was actually out 4 or 5 months. In 1781 he was out three months. In 1782 was out about two months. That during all this time he was in the said service of the United States. Eldred Zoude was a second lieutenant of the company to which he belonged. That the said Eldred actually done duty in said company the whole time aforesaid & also done occasionally also in some of the years and perhaps every year. That the said company was engaged in defending the frontiers from the Canadians (British & Indians) at Fort Edward Fort George Salem White Creek Palmarston & perhaps other places.
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court Sept. 19th. 1832 Geo: D. Ferguson, clk.
Abraham Zoude

State of New York Rensselaer County
I Gerrit J Bratt of the town of Hoosick County and State of on a gill being duly sworn depose and say that this deponent was a captain of Militia in the Revolu- tionary War that he was acquainted with Eldad Honda at that time that he remembers that the said Eldad Honda acted as an officer in the Revolutionary War that the said Eldad Honda was in the service several times in different places that this deponent recollects of seeing him the said Eldad Honda in the service acting as an officer at Fort Edward two or three different times in different years during the Rev- olutionary War but this this deponent cannot recollect how long the said Eldad Honda was in the service That this deponent further says that this deponent and the Eldad Honda was in the same Regiment but in different companies that Eldad Honda was in Captain Thomas Brown Company And this deponent further saith not
Gerrit J Bratt
The word "that" interlined before signing Sworn and subscribed this 18 th day of September 1834 before me Henry Patterson Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Gunt L. Pratt and that he is a person of truth and veracity
Harry Patterson Justice Peace
State of New York County of Rensselaer 33. I Henry R. Bristol Clerk of said County Do certify that Harry Patterson Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn to at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in the said County & that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 23 day of September 1834
Henry R Bristol Clk

State of New York Rensselaer County Town of Schaghticope
{ came before the under named Justice Justice of the peace of said County John Vanantwerp of said Town by me personally known being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Eldart Houdy now a resident of the County of Montgomery in the Town of Mayfield in said State is by him personally known and knows him as an officer in the Revolutionary Service of the United States of America Saw him a number of times and at different places but cannot state the time and place and places particularly
Subscribed and sworn September 23 d 1834 before me John Vanantwerp
23 d 1834 before me Levi Nelson Justice of the peace I certify the above deponent to be a man of truth and veracity Levi Nelson Justice of the peace

State of New York County of Rensselaer Esq Henry R. Bristol Clerk of said County Do certify that Levi Nelson Esq before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name subscribed to said affida- vit is his proper hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 23 day of September 1834
Henry R. Bristol. Clk

State of New York } Rensselaer County } to J Frederick Cederhook knoweth that I have been duly sworn and deposed and he was during the Revolutionary War personally acquainted with Eldert Gonda who then resided in the town of Hoosick (where this deponent then resided and now resides) that this deponent was during the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States at Fort Edward that the said Eldert Gonda was an officer in the service of the United States or of the Militia of the State of New York and that he the said Eldert Gonda was at Fort Edward at the same time that this deponent was there and further this deponent saith not
Sworn and Subscribed Frederick his Cederhook this 18 th day of September 1834 mark
before me Henry Patterson Justice Peace
I hereby certify that I am person- ally acquainted with the above- named Frederick Cederhook and he is a person of truth and veracity
Henry Patterson Justice Peace

State of New York County of Rensselaer 3 rd ss I Henry R Bristol Clerk of said County Do certify that Henry Patterson Esquire before whom the within affi- davit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed thereto is his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 23 rd day of September 1834.
Henry R Bristol Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 3 d , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Eldred Londra — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Seventy — Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
J. Leaver acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Nov 18. 1833.
Pension off Adt. proof "discharge"
Eliza Fonda N.Y.
South Scars
Co
Secretary of War
Washington
District Columbia
EB 1833
Pension off

Nov 18. 1833.
Pension Off
Adj. proof "discharge"
Eliza Fonda N.Y.
FREE
Pension Off
South Lewis Cap —
Secretary of War Washington
Lieut. General

Broadalum Mont. Co. N. York No 9 th 1833
Enclosed you will find the Commission of Eldad Houda a revolutionary officer and an applicant for a pension which I forward in his behalf in obedience to a request from your department - I am requested by the following named persons, to enquire if their applications for pensions have been finally acted upon and if so that the result should be made known to me to wit Henry John Loden, David Becker, Stephen Sherman, Ashbel Cornwell Isaac Newman and Abraham Houda. From the circumstance that these claims, forwarded since those of the above named persons, have been heard from, it is supposed that they may have been acted upon and the determination not made known to them I am your obedient servant Marcellus Weston
To the Honble Lewis Cass Secretary of War.

BROADALBIN N.Y. JUNE 23. —
Dear, —
Hon. Charles W. Yeaton
Member of Congress Washington City, D.C.

Broad albin June 23 d 1834
Dear fr
I intended to have forwarded your papers in behalf of two or three persons applicants for pensions before you should leave Congress; but they have not as yet been able to procure all the testimony desirable in support of their claims. I however wish you would present to the Commissioners of pensions, if you have time after the receipt of this, the cases which it appears to me ought to be taken up the case of Eldred Treadwell a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution - I rec d a communication through you some six or eight weeks since from Mr Edward stating that the declaration of Eldred Treadwell was not sufficiently explicit and that his declaration ought to be amended. Mr Treadwell is and has been so unwell & his state of mind such that it was thought by his friends not advisable for him to attempt it and unless he should recover of which there is not much probability it will be impossible perhaps for his declaration to be amended by his being more specific. I was however surprised when I rec d  Mr Edward's letter stating that the declaration was insufficient not apprehending any difficulty on that point for the following reasons. That Abraham Treadwell & Isaac Treadwell brothers of Eldred Treadwell and who were in the same service with him excepting that Eldred served a few weeks longer than they have both obtained pensions. and their declarations are alike refused for services done at the same time and in

The same Company and Regiment and if their relations were sufficient it is difficult to conceive why The declaration of Eldred Towles is not - I also rec d last fall a letter from Mr Crump  Mr Edward stating that it would be necessary to produce his commission or certificate & as will appear by said letter enclosed The commission was forwarded and nothing more being required it was supposed that that was all that was necessary. I wish the aforesaid facts might be stated by you to Mr Edward or Mr Crump as you will deem advisable and it appears to me that upon a reconsideration of the case Mr Towles pension will be granted.
I write to you that I should like to have David S. Beckes papers returned for the purpose of procuring further testimony and amending his declaration. If the papers can be returned I wish it might be done. I also wish if Eldred Towles declaration must be amended that it might be returned; If that it may be done if it is possible to do so. If in case you have not time to see to the above in person - would it not be well for you to enclose the letters Crump or Edward your obedient servant
Marshall Weston
To Hon. Charles M. Frazar

Elders Found on the N. Y. Roll. under the act of 1832
J. M. Young Present

Mayfield Fulton County N. Y.
January 4th 1858
The Commissioner of Pensions of the U.S. Washington City
Sir you will please to allow my Agent R. W. Young to examine the papers on file in your Office upon which a Pension was originally granted to Eldert Fonda now deceased who was my uncle and of whom I am an heir by next of kin
Yours respectfully
Jobm Fonda

Amsterdam June 13. 1839
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you a list of affidavits & also a certificate of the County of Dutch showing that the  Colonel  was  Colonel appointed a Lieutenant in June 1798 he states in his deposition that he served two months in 1799 - & 3 months in 1798 - & you state in your letter to me of the 21 st of April 1839 that he served from the commencement of 1799 - one month & 24 which was as a Lieutenant - & you further state in your letter that the document must prove by affidavit that he served 4 months & 6 days previous to 1799 - you have such evidence in your department as to the 3 months as a Lieut in 1798 & as a private in 1799 2 mo - which added to 1 mo 24 days makes 6 mo & 24 days - It appears to me that you will not hesitate to allow him for 6 mo. 24 days there can be no doubt of his service & as long as above stated - the old Gentleman is poor - & also very deaf - & stands in need of the provision made by Congress for him - I do hope his case will be allowed -
I am yours respectfully
Wm J. L. Edwards
William L. Boice J 11

17 June Eldert Honda
add evidence in his case for Hon M J Borne
Luce
Rev J. P. G. to Edward
See J. P. Gree
Emm. Bond Washington D.C.

17 June Elders Florida add evidence in his case to Hon Mr of Bone
Lucas
Dear J. L. Edwards
Yours W. P. Bruce
Prussian Const. Washington D.C.